Life Between the Sheets (of paper)

Latino culture

Senator McConnell employed a seldom-used rule on Senator Elizabeth Warren last week, but in the end, his words unleashed a new battle cry for thousands if not millions of women. His attempt to quiet her angered people to the point where… Read More ›

Every December, I write about making tamales, and this year is no different. Our mother has made tamales for over seventy years, longer than her children have been alive. And her mother made tamales before she was born. And her… Read More ›

A couple of months ago I wrote about Ekphrasic Poetry. There is also such a thing as creating a story from a photograph, or Ekphrasic Prose. This story is based on a painting housed in our county library. The Ortega… Read More ›

Do you know how to naturally heal fright or trauma? No? More about susto later. During the last two years, I’ve worked on a story about an ambitious twenty-one-year-old with a ten-year plan to become a State Senator who drops out of college… Read More ›

Most Sundays I visit my mother. When you spend time with your parents or elders you never know what story they’re going to share. Mom came into the kitchen from the backyard holding what I thought was a grapefruit. “From… Read More ›